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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GtkFixed.top_of_page"></a>GtkFixed</span></h2>
<p>GtkFixed — A container which allows you to position widgets at fixed coordinates</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
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#include &lt;gtk/gtk.h&gt;

struct              <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#GtkFixed-struct" title="struct GtkFixed">GtkFixed</a>;
<a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="returnvalue">GtkWidget</span></a> *         <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-new" title="gtk_fixed_new ()">gtk_fixed_new</a>                       (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-put" title="gtk_fixed_put ()">gtk_fixed_put</a>                       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-move" title="gtk_fixed_move ()">gtk_fixed_move</a>                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-get-has-window" title="gtk_fixed_get_has_window ()">gtk_fixed_get_has_window</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-set-has-window" title="gtk_fixed_set_has_window ()">gtk_fixed_set_has_window</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> has_window</code></em>);
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<a name="GtkFixed.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
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  <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject">GObject</a>
   +----<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GInitiallyUnowned">GInitiallyUnowned</a>
         +----<a class="link" href="GtkObject.html" title="GtkObject">GtkObject</a>
               +----<a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget">GtkWidget</a>
                     +----<a class="link" href="GtkContainer.html" title="GtkContainer">GtkContainer</a>
                           +----GtkFixed
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<a name="GtkFixed.implemented-interfaces"></a><h2>Implemented Interfaces</h2>
<p>
GtkFixed implements
 AtkImplementorIface and  <a class="link" href="GtkBuildable.html" title="GtkBuildable">GtkBuildable</a>.</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed.child-properties"></a><h2>Child Properties</h2>
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  "<a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#GtkFixed--c-x" title='The "x" child property'>x</a>"                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>                  : Read / Write
  "<a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#GtkFixed--c-y" title='The "y" child property'>y</a>"                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>                  : Read / Write
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<a name="GtkFixed.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>
The <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> widget is a container which can place child widgets at fixed
positions and with fixed sizes, given in pixels. <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> performs no
automatic layout management.
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<p>
For most applications, you should not use this container! It keeps
you from having to learn about the other GTK+ containers, but it
results in broken applications.
With <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>, the following things will result in truncated text,
overlapping widgets, and other display bugs:
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<li class="listitem"><p>Themes, which may change widget sizes.
</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>Fonts other than the one you used to write the app will of
course change the size of widgets containing text; keep in mind that
users may use a larger font because of difficulty reading the default,
or they may be using Windows or the framebuffer port of GTK+, where
different fonts are available.
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<li class="listitem"><p>
Translation of text into other languages changes its size. Also,
display of non-English text will use a different font in many cases.
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<p>
In addition, the fixed widget can't properly be mirrored in
right-to-left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. i.e. normally GTK+
will flip the interface to put labels to the right of the thing they
label, but it can't do that with <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>. So your application will
not be usable in right-to-left languages.
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<p>
Finally, fixed positioning makes it kind of annoying to add/remove GUI
elements, since you have to reposition all the other elements. This is
a long-term maintenance problem for your application.
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<p>
If you know none of these things are an issue for your application,
and prefer the simplicity of <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>, by all means use the
widget. But you should be aware of the tradeoffs.
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<a name="GtkFixed.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
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<a name="GtkFixed-struct"></a><h3>struct GtkFixed</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct GtkFixed;</pre>
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The <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#GtkFixed-struct" title="struct GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> struct contains the following fields.
(These fields should be considered read-only. They should never be set by
an application.)
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<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html#GList"><span class="type">GList</span></a> *children;</td>
<td>a list of <span class="type">GtkFixedChild</span> elements, containing the child widgets and
their positions.</td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-new"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="returnvalue">GtkWidget</span></a> *         gtk_fixed_new                       (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
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Creates a new <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>a new <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.</td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-put"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_put ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                gtk_fixed_put                       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a widget to a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> container at the given position.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fixed</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>widget</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the widget to add.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the horizontal position to place the widget at.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>y</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the vertical position to place the widget at.</td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-move"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_move ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                gtk_fixed_move                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Moves a child of a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> container to the given position.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fixed</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>widget</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the child widget.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the horizontal position to move the widget to.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>y</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the vertical position to move the widget to.</td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-get-has-window"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_get_has_window ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            gtk_fixed_get_has_window            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>);</pre>
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<p><code class="literal">gtk_fixed_get_has_window</code> has been deprecated since version 2.20 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-get-has-window" title="gtk_widget_get_has_window ()"><code class="function">gtk_widget_get_has_window()</code></a> instead.</p>
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Gets whether the <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> has its own <a href="../gdk/gdk-Windows.html#GdkWindow"><span class="type">GdkWindow</span></a>.
See <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#gtk-fixed-set-has-window" title="gtk_fixed_set_has_window ()"><code class="function">gtk_fixed_set_has_window()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fixed</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a>
</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>fixed</code></em> has its own window.</td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-set-has-window"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_set_has_window ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                gtk_fixed_set_has_window            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> has_window</code></em>);</pre>
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<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">gtk_fixed_set_has_window</code> has been deprecated since version 2.20 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-set-has-window" title="gtk_widget_set_has_window ()"><code class="function">gtk_widget_set_has_window()</code></a> instead.</p>
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<p>
Sets whether a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> widget is created with a separate
<a href="../gdk/gdk-Windows.html#GdkWindow"><span class="type">GdkWindow</span></a> for <em class="parameter"><code>widget-&gt;window</code></em> or not. (By default, it will be
created with no separate <a href="../gdk/gdk-Windows.html#GdkWindow"><span class="type">GdkWindow</span></a>). This function must be called
while the <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> is not realized, for instance, immediately after the
window is created.
</p>
<p>
This function was added to provide an easy migration path for
older applications which may expect <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> to have a separate window.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fixed</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>
</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>has_window</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if a separate window should be created</td>
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<a name="GtkFixed.child-property-details"></a><h2>Child Property Details</h2>
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<a name="GtkFixed--c-x"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"x"</code> child property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "x"                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>                  : Read / Write</pre>
<p>X position of child widget.</p>
<p>Default value: 0</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed--c-y"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"y"</code> child property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "y"                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>                  : Read / Write</pre>
<p>Y position of child widget.</p>
<p>Default value: 0</p>
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